MARK WASHINGTON

CAREER SUMMARY

A few highlights of my career thus far would be the opportunity that I had of covering the NBA draft live in the "Orlando Magic War Room" at the Amway Arena. Another professional experience that was a highlight of mine was working on "SportsCenter", "Mike & Mike in the Morning", and "First Take" at the ESPN Headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut. I've also certainly enjoyed my time spent covering a plethora of amateur and professional sports at the ESPN Wide World of Sports at Disney, as well as hosting the "Friday Night Football Scoreboard Show" on FM 96.5 in Orlando. Working at Channel 9 Eyewitness News was also an absolutely wonderful experience. I look forward to continually bringing creative and engaging sports stories to the public for years to come!

EDUCATION

University of South Florida
Mass Communications M.S.
Tampa, FL

Florida A & M University
Broadcast Journalism B.S.
Tallahassee, FL

Apopka High School
High School Diploma
Apopka, FL

EXPERIENCE

Apopka High School, OCPS, Apopka, FL
English I Teacher and Basketball Coach
Aug. ’19 - Present

• Teach students various aspects of English Language Arts and Literature.
• Also mentor, coach and train student-athletes to be successful on and off of, the basketball court.

Windermere Preparatory School and The Orlando Basketball Academy, Windermere, Florida
Coach, Mentor, Instructor, PE Teacher
Aug. '18 – Present

• Coach, mentor, and instruct youth basketball players at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.

FM 102.5 News Radio FLA, Maitland, Florida
Sports Radio Host
Aug. ‘17 – Aug. ‘18

• Hosted the “Friday Night High School Football Scoreboard Show” on FM 102.5 during the high school football season and beyond.
• Covered the landscape of high school football throughout the entire state of Florida.
• Also worked closely with legendary play by play announcer Roger Franklin Williams on the “Roger Franklin Williams” and “Talkin’ Old School” radio shows.
• Interviewed hall of fame players and coaches, as well as current Florida athletes.

Orange County Public Schools: Wolf Lake Middle School, Apopka, Florida
Journalism and English/Language Arts Teacher and Boys Head Basketball Coach
June ‘16 – June ‘18

• Teach students all aspects of journalism: Print, Broadcast, Social Media, Grammar and Language Arts.
• Also mentor, coach and train student-athletes to be successful on and off of, the basketball court.

Seminole County Public Schools: Teague Middle School, Altamonte Springs, Florida
Journalism and English/Language Arts Teacher, and Boys Head Basketball Coach
Aug. '15 – June ‘16

• Teach students all aspects of journalism: Print, Broadcast, Social Media, Grammar and Language Arts.
• Also mentor, coach and train student-athletes to be successful on and off of, the basketball court.

WFTV Channel 9 Eyewitness News, Orlando, Florida
Sports and News Intern
May ’14 - Aug. ‘14

• Conduct sports/news interviews, edit, produce, studio and set work, remotes, web uploads, tours.

University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
Mass Communications Graduate Teaching Assistant
Aug. ‘13 - Dec. ‘13

• Teach 80 students, divided into sets of 40, various aspects of “Mass Communications and Society”.

ESPN Wide World of Sports (Disney), Orlando, Florida
Broadcast Productions Intern
June ‘11 - June ‘12

• Sideline reporter, interview players and coaches, stats, uploads, videographer, editor,
  export, anchor, create sports packages, voice-overs, archiving, file conversions,
  stage managing, tour guide, etc...

Orlando Magic, Orlando, Florida
Interactive Marketing Team and Premium Services
Aug. ‘10 - Dec. ‘13

• Grassroots marketing, promotions, giveaways and fanfare.

Apopka High School, Apopka, Florida
Director of Basketball Operations
Oct. ‘10 - May ‘12

• Assist coaches and players in training, mentoring, practicing, and creating college recruitment films.

ESPN: The World Wide Leader in Sports, Bristol, Connecticut
Production Operations/Video Editor (Internship)
Jan. ‘08 – April ‘08

• Edited on air content for SportsCenter, NBA Shoot Around, ESPN First Take, College Game Day,
  NFL Live, Friday Night Fights, Outside The Lines, ESPN News, Baseball Tonight, Video On Demand,
  Montages, Bumps, VOs, etc… Operated Quantel Editing Systems.
• Performed color corrections and special effects editing as well.

FAMU TV-20, Tallahassee, Florida
Student Reporter, Editor and Anchor
Spring ‘09 – Fall ‘10

• Reported, covered and edited hard news stories for our daily “Live @ 5” newscasts.
• Anchored and produced “Week In Review Show”. Live shots on air.
• Created, shot, and edited news packages, VOs and Sots and used ENPS and DekoMas CGs.
• Pulled CNN Feeds, converted to “Quicktime”, posted stories online, reported blogs weekly.

WANM 90.5 “The Flava Station”, Tallahassee, Florida
Producer, Director, Anchor, Reporter, & “Question Of The Day Reporter”
Spring ‘09

• Produced, reported and anchored news stories for daily newscasts. Cut/edited on 360 equipment.
• Interviewed people for the popular “Question Of The Day” segment of the broadcast.

The FAMUan Newspaper “The Voice Of Florida A & M University", Tallahassee, Florida
Correspondent Writer
Spring ‘09 – Fall ‘09

• Made history as the 1st FAMU student to shoot, edit and upload an Internet News Package
  to “thefammuanonline.com” website.
• Wrote for the “Front Page”, “Sports”, and “Opinions” sections.

INDUSTRY RELATED SKILLS

TV/Broadcast

Anchoring
Reporting
Producing
ENPS
Quantel
FinalCut
LiveType
Linear Editing
360
Personal & Radio Audio Editor, Videographer
Sony PD 170 film camcorder
Digital
Betacam deck, DVCPro decks. Voicing & PSAs
Adobe
File Conversions/Formatting
Imports/Exports

Print

AP Writing and Reporting
Microsoft Office
Outlook
Excel
Word
PowerPoint
Spreadsheet